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Ruby

Michelle Cannito
Michelle Cannito
8,992 Points
Posted by Michelle Cannito
Michelle Cannito
8,992 Points

Simple_form users profile_name for first_name.

Course: Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application (treebook)

I'm using Bootstrap and simple_form. When I use rails console and then

user = User.first

it shows that what I input on the sign-up page for my profile name is in the first_name field. The last_name is correct and the profile_name is nil.

I even deleted the user via the console with user.destroy and created another one via the app, being sure to fill in the fields correctly, but I get the same error.

Where should I look to figure out the mismatch between entering data and the field names they match to?

1 Answer

Michelle Cannito
Michelle Cannito
8,992 Points
Michelle Cannito
Michelle Cannito
8,992 Points

I just love the Chrome Developer Tools. By using the Inspect Element choice, I saw that my code for the profile name text field, f.text_field, was being assigned :first_name instead of :profile_name. I guess I had copied other text to save time, ha, and forget to change the text, thus resulting in a lot more time. It was a good exercise in debugging. I'm glad it was a simple error and fix, and had nothing to do with different versions of software.